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The CH-53E is a heavy-lift helicopter that can move troops and equipment and carry as much as 16 tons of cargo, according to the US Navy. The Marines aboard the craft were assigned to Heavy ...
The helicopter carrying five Marines that crashed during a storm in the mountains outside San Diego was a CH-53E Super Stallion designed to fly through bad weather, even at night. The Super ...
Shortly after 4 p.m. local time, "a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion belonging to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing experienced an engine fire in-flight," Estillore said.
A United States Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter ferrying troops crashed during a sandstorm near Ar Rutba, Iraq killing all 31 on board. 29 January A Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet crashed into the ocean while landing on USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) .
The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy lift helicopter operated by the United States military. As the Sikorsky S-80, it was developed from the CH-53 Sea Stallion, mainly by adding a third engine, adding a seventh blade to the main rotor, and canting the tail rotor 20°. It was built by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Marine Corps ...
On January 14, 2016, two Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters belonging to the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing of the United States Marine Corps collided over the Pacific Ocean off Oahu's North Shore in Hawaii. [1] [2] Each helicopter carried six U.S. Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463. The search and rescue operation located the ...
The search for the missing CH-53E Super Stallion in the East County area started around 1 a.m. Wednesday. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department received a call from the Marine Corps about an ...
The engine of a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter of the USMC caught fire midflight, forcing the aircraft to perform an emergency landing at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The four crew members managed to exit the burning helicopter safely. [483] December 22